Funds
Multi-strategy hedge fund major Citadel recently offered its investors the option to cash out profits following a 15.1% gain in its flagship Wellington fund in 2024, but most opted to leave their capital invested in the fund, according to a report by Bloomberg.
South Africa’s rand could be set for a rebound after hedge funds triggered a dramatic sell-off of long rand-dollar futures, in one of the steepest positioning reversals in recent history, according to a report by BNN Bloomberg.
Hedge fund redemptions remain low but could increase next year, as shown by SS&C GlobeOp’s Forward Redemption Indicator for December which reached 3.54%, up from 2.91% in November.
Technology firm Ocado was the most shorted company on the UK stock market as of 16 December, 2024, according to a recent report from GraniteShares, a global issuer of Exchange Traded Products (ETPs) with over $9bn AUM.
The number of new hedge fund launches is expected to fall to its lowest level in 24 years this year, with data from the first three quarters of the year revealing that only 123 funds were launched globally buy the end of September, according to a report by Reuters,
Hedge funds surged in November, driven by the US Presidential election results, as managers and investors positioned for an active M&A cycle and more business-friendly policies from the incoming administration, according to HFR.
TT International (TT), an alpha-driven specialist investment manager, has launched two new Emerging Market Debt (EM Debt) strategies, which will be managed by a team led by Jean-Charles (JC) Sambor, using the same contrarian approach the team has successfully employed over the last eight years.